Lexie's mohawk

I bought my horse from my old instructor who had the horrible habit of roaching (or as we call it in England "hogging") all of her cobs. Because she did it for so long his mane would never grow out properly no matter WHAT I did, and I usually just roached it again when I clipped him in the winter. Now I let it grow out and although it looks crazy and definitely doesn't lie flat, he's retired so I don't care so much. But yeah, BAD habit to break!

I like it when their manes are like that, they look more... primitive? Sunny's mane used to go both ways, but I liked it, she was a pretty gal

Lexie is a cutie; but it is a shame that they are having to roach her mane. Have they tried banding it to make it lay flat? I had a halter horse a few years back that had the "wild mane" syndorome and we were able to train it to lay by banding. It does take some time to do the banding and they have to be changed out about once a week but it works. Now he has a cuttting horse mane so it will lay flat becuase it is so long; but this helps to keep the flies off his neck so we don't mind.

I don't see the problem with having the mane hanging down on both sides. My horse has most of his on one side, and just the lower 3 cm or so is on the other, but I don't think I would have bothered with trying to get it over on one side. I'd just braid if for competitions, then noone can see which side it's hanging to. :-)